Seasonal worker picking tangerines

Morocco: Council of Ministers approves bill on social protection

A Council of Ministers that was held in Fez Thursday under the chairmanship of King Mohammed VI approved the draft framework law on social protection for all.   The draft law was approved as part of the implementation of the King’s guidelines, as expounded in the Throne Day speech in July, and in the speech […]

Social Media in North Africa: a ‘Double-Edged Weapon’

How important has been the role that social media have played in the Arab Spring uprisings and the subsequent democratic transformation affecting the North African region? This is a question that has been hotly contested in both policy-making and academic circles essentially ever since a Tunisian fruit vendor’s act of self-immolation swiftly wreaked havoc with […]

How Algeria sabotaged its industrialization

The African Development Bank’s 2025 Industrialization Index delivered a verdict that should unsettle Algiers. Morocco now tops Africa’s industrial rankings, ahead of South Africa, while Algeria, sits on some of the continent’s largest hydrocarbon reserves, it trails behind as one of the least industrialized and least diversified African economies. It is the predictable outcome of […]